by Brian Mansfield, Jerry Shriver and Elysa Gardner, USA TODAY

by Brian Mansfield, Jerry Shriver and Elysa Gardner, USA TODAY

While many other country singers live it up in open fields, Keith favors barrooms. The personal favorites come at the end, though - a raucous appreciation of Marines, a tribute to a fallen band member, a Jimmy Buffett cover with Sammy Hagar. -- Brian Mansfield

Download: Drinks After Work, Little Miss Tear Stain, The Other Side of Him

Mick Hucknall, American SoulSoul-pop* * 1/2

Hucknall chooses well for this collection of covers, but most of his renditions smack of the cocktail lounge. For every welcome surprise (Arthur Alexander's The Girl That Radiates That Charm) there's a snoozer (Baby What You Want Me To Do). -- Jerry Shriver

Download: Turn Back the Hands of Time, The Girl That Radiates That Charm

Sky Ferreira, Night Time, My TimeAlt-Pop* * 1/2

On Ferreira's first full-length album, she delivers artfully buzzing, sometimes droning tunes that play like the soundtrack to a film about millennial nightlife. Her slender vocals, enhanced by Ariel Rechtshaid's raw production, fit the material; you can almost hear her pout. -- Elysa Gardner